I wanted to create a short film that would not be yet another subversive anecdote that are in abundance among short animated films which show that the world is a pack of crisps when the camera zooms out in the last take. “Paths of Hate” was to be a poster- like film in its assumption; a short film that does not tell a story, does not analyze but shouts out an uncomplicated slogan that motivates a viewer to reflect for a moment. It was to be a piece of a larger story into which a viewer falls in the middle of the plot. In the sea of exhausting, gloomy existential short films I wanted to put a film that would, most of all, be entertaining for a viewer; would be spectacular and visually attractive.

On the other hand, I wanted “Paths of Hate” to be more than yet another show-off of technical capabilities, filled with huge fighting robots or trolls. I decided that an uncomplicated illustration of one of humanity’s fundamental problems: a tendency for pointless hate will be an ideal choice for my “poster” short film – Damian Nenow.